Is there anything more fun than food on a stick? I mean, sure, eating it can be tricky and you run the risk of stabbing your husband while playing swords with your food (because that’s a totally normal and acceptable thing to do, yes?), but really, how many foods can you make into a sword anyway?
I’ve actually never made kabobs before this one, and let me tell you, I am in love. I loved having my chicken on my veggies all on one stick. I loved how fun they were to eat and dip in the peanut sauce, and I also loved how food on a stick meant there were next to no dishes to clean up. Seriously, I hate cleaning almost as much as I love cooking.
The chicken marinates in the peanut sauce to soak up all that delicious Thai peanut flavor, then gets grilled up with your veggies and dunked in lots more peanut-y deliciousness as you eat. You end up eating a lot less of the calorie-dense peanut sauce than if you were to eat traditional Pad Thai. Not to mention getting rid of the noodles and adding a bunch of veggies gives you all the flavors of classic Pad Thai with a fraction of the calories, and sticking it all on kabob skewers to grill up gives them an awesome summery touch!
They are topped off with fresh cilantro (my favorite food–I don’t care if you say it’s an “herb”, it’s still my favorite) and drizzles with sriracha for an extra spicy kick. Of course, those are option if you’re one of those weirdos who doesn’t like spicy food, or worse, you have that genetic “mutation” where you don’t like cilantro. Have you heard about that? Apparently it’s a genetic thing where to some people it tastes like soap. So glad I pulled the long straw on that one. 😉
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1 1/2 tbsp fresh lime juice
- 1 tbsp coconut aminos or soy sauce
- 1 tsp sriracha + extra for drizzling
- approx 1/2 cup water, divided
- 1 1/2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into 1" chunks
- 1 large red bell pepper, cut into 1" chunks
- approx 1 cup sugar snap peas
- 1/2 red onion, cut into 1" chunks
- fresh cilantro, optional
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, whisk together peanut butter, lime juice, coconut aminos, sriracha and 1/4 cup water. Remove half the mixture (eyeball it), cover and set aside.
- Add 1/4 cup water to remaining mixture. Whisk to combine. Continue to slowly add water until it has reached the consistency of a marinade. I used about 1/4-1/3 cup. Place chicken and marinade in a large freezer bag or medium tupperware and marinate in the refrigerator for 1 hour (alternately, feel free to do this step up to 24 hours ahead of time).
- If using wooden skewers, soak skewers for 30 minutes before cooking (if you use metal, this is not necessary). Alternately place chicken, bell pepper, onion, and snap peas onto your skewers (you will most likely have room for about 2 of each) close together, but not crowding.
- Grill on medium-high heat until chicken is cooked throughout, about 5-7 minutes. Sprinkle with fresh cilantro and drizzle with srirach. Serve immediately with remaining peanut dipping sauce.
Notes
You may wish to heat the peanut sauce before serving. It can get quite thick while it sits, so microwaving for about 15 seconds and adding a tablespoon of water should get it back to your ideal consistency.
those look SPECTACULAR!
Thank you!! They are definitely one of my recent favs!
Yummy! Pinned!!
Thanks Katie!!
These look yummy! I love that you were playing swords 🙂
I’m surprised you’ve never made kabobs before! Mike and I have a few times and they are delicious! We both like peanut sauce so we’ll have to try these.
I am loving all of the ingredients used for the kabobs! peanut butter, sriracha…. LOVE it all! We haven’t made kabobs all summer. I need to change that!
Thanks girl!! They were so good that I want to make kabobs out of every flavor combo now!!
I make kebabs all the time. Love the sweet-spicy combo in your recipe!